IPv6 Basics Part 1 - Address Format & Types
Like many people, I've spent a fair amount of time trying to pretend IPv6 doesn't exist. So when one of my clients asked me to help »
HPE, Simplivity, FPGAs and VM Contagion
HPE's announcement that they have agreed to acquire Simplivity has filled a fair few column inches today. On paper it looks like a good move to »
Maxta - A Follow Up
On the 12th of October I published a post about my experience with hyperconverged storage company Maxta. The blog was an honest reflection on what turned »
VMWare on AWS
Yesterday's joint announcement from Amazon and VMWare about VMWare on AWS is potentially a very exciting one, and one that I must admit, took me by »
Maxta - A Cautionary Tale of Hyperconverged Storage Gone Wrong
In my recent post, Pitfalls of Hyperconverged Storage, I mentioned that I had enjoyed some great successes with hyperconvergence, but also some spectacular failures. My experience »